#liver

I'll listen to you, but you need to treat me with a little respect. Because it doesn't sound like I'm a pawn. Sounds like I'm more of a queen." A vein in his temple began to throb, and she grew bolder, the sense of power emanating from the mark on her chest filing her with the mettle she'd lost after the break-in two years ago. Lowering her voice to a tense whisper, she nipped his earlobe. "Checkmate. ↗

— Larissa Ione

#eternal-rider #larissa-ione #lords-of-deliverance- #respect

I can't face losin' ya, Riley. Yer all I got left in this world.” That brutal honesty again. He'd peeled away more armor, and this time he'd exposed his heart. ↗

— Jana Oliver

#denver-beck #jana-oliver #riley-blackthorne #honesty

Welcome to Morganville.You'll never want to leave.And even if you do...well, you can't. Sorry about that. ↗

— Rachel Caine

#eve-rosser #michael-glass #morganville-vampires #myrnin #oliver

Peter pushed off from the roof and stalked a few feet away, his back to her. “Please tell me this is all some kind of a sick joke.” “It’s the truth. All of it. That’s why hunters are after me.” “How did they find out?” Peter asked, swiveling toward her now. “I think Beck ratted me out. I went to his house this morning and told him what had happened. He was furious, Peter. I’ve never seen anyone that angry.” “Duh! Now there’s a surprise,” her friend replied sarcastically. “I saw the way he looked at you at your dad’s funeral. Of course he’d be mad. You’re about the only one on the planet who doesn’t realize how he feels about you.” “He never said anything,” she retorted. “Hey, we guys don’t blurt out that kind of stuff,” he replied. “It’s against the man code. Beck may never have said how he felt, but everything he did for you should have been a big clue. I mean, come on, how slow are you?” She glowered at her friend. “I figured he was doing it because of my father.” “Maybe, but the guy is really into you, Riley.” “No way. If he’d liked me, he wouldn’t have blown me off and—” “Ancient history, girl!” he countered. “You were, what, fifteen? Your dad would have torn him apart if he’d touched you. Beck had no other choice.” “He didn’t have to be so mean.” “God, will you listen to yourself?” Peter retorted. “You have no idea how much he hurt me,” she shot back. “Give it up, will you? You’re my best friend, but you can be a real self-centered asshat sometimes. ↗

— Jana Oliver

#jana-oliver #riley-blackthorne #self-realization

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#delivered #down #generation #genius #great

With a growing population, there is a growing need for more water delivery and storage. ↗

— Joe Baca

#growing #more #need #population #storage

Dance is for everybody. I believe that the dance came from the people and that it should always be delivered back to the people. ↗

— Alvin Ailey

#back #believe #came #dance #delivered

Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate. ↗

— Thomas Aquinas

#contemplate #contemplated #deliver #illuminate #merely

If across the Atlantic the ideology was pride, here it is delivering the goods. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

#atlantic #delivering #goods #here #ideology

The Internet provides a delivery system for pathological states of mind. ↗

— Phillip Adams

#internet #mind #pathological #provides #states